DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (CBS) -- Imagine a world where your commute to work is your actual office, or where you can comfort your crying child in the backseat without having to pull off the road.

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In places like San Francisco, Phoenix and Las Vegas, robot taxis are navigating city streets, each without a driver behind the steering wheel. Some don’t even have steering wheels: But cars like this ...

BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting our work and lives.

Waymo is rapidly expanding in the U.S. But experts say there are big questions about how self-driving cars could affect traffic and greenhouse gas emissions. By Claire Brown Call an Uber in Austin or ...

A team of scientists upgrade communications between self-driving cars to improve efficiency and enable the vehicles to share current, accurate driving insights. When you purchase through links on our ...

We called the first ride shortly after 10 a.m. on a Friday to take us from downtown’s Sante Fe Avenue to the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Bronson Avenue in Arlington Heights. The Waymo ...

Self-driving cars are coming. It remains to be seen how long that will take. Plenty of vehicles can more or less drive themselves on highways, but for now, they still can’t completely reliably drive ...

Self-driving car ETFs cover diverse firms from EV makers to AI chip producers, expanding market exposure. Markets value autonomous vehicles at $1.7 trillion in 2024, forecast to reach $3.9 trillion by ...

I'm convinced my old Honda is my secret retirement plan. It's the same 2007 Honda Element I drove to my first job, my first apartment, and about a dozen cross-country trips. It's not flashy, it's not ...